Oil gland and oil pores in billfishes: in search of a function.
Co-evolution
Comparative method
Fatty acids
Functional morphology
Glandula oleofera
Rete lubricans
Rostrum
Journal
The Journal of experimental biology
ISSN: 1477-9145
Titre abrégé: J Exp Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0243705
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 10 2020
07 10 2020
Historique:
received:
11
03
2020
accepted:
06
08
2020
pubmed:
17
8
2020
medline:
22
6
2021
entrez:
16
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Billfishes are well known for their distinctive elongated rostra, i.e. bills. The functional significance of billfish rostra has been frequently discussed and the recent discovery of an oil gland (glandula oleofera) at the base of the rostrum in swordfish,
Identifiants
pubmed: 32796039
pii: jeb.224956
doi: 10.1242/jeb.224956
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing or financial interests.